SYFY WIRE Supernova White dwarfs eat other white dwarfs and then wear their undigested bits Two newly discovered weird stars ate their companions. By Phil Plait 2 years ago How did the COW supernova get so bright so fast? A little pre-explosion gas. A superluminous supernova lit up previously ejected material. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Peeling back the layers on Eta Carinae, the galaxy's most terrifying star Eta Car is a monster, surrounded by the debris of violent eruptions. By Phil Plait 2 years ago A thousand-light-year-wide bubble around the Sun was blown by the ghosts of long-dead stars Local Bubble carved by supernova beginning 14 million years ago. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Monstrous red giant caught moments before going supernova Some stars may go gently into that good night, but some...don’t. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago How do the dying gasps of stars breathe life into Earth? Supernovas give us life, and it's no oxymoron. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago At year's end, a spectacular spiral galaxy reminder that science improves upon itself NGC 691 and the search for understanding in the Universe. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Superpowers in space: super-radiation is the force behind powerful galactic superwinds Galactic superwinds that were thought to come from supernovas are actually driven by UV radiation. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Hubble portrait of a galaxy shows it shines in stellar birth and death NGC 4666 is gorgeous, and shows us the circle of stellar life. By Phil Plait 2 years ago The last days of a massive star before it went supernova Hubble and TESS observations reveal the last few days of a star's life. By Phil Plait 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 4
White dwarfs eat other white dwarfs and then wear their undigested bits Two newly discovered weird stars ate their companions. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
How did the COW supernova get so bright so fast? A little pre-explosion gas. A superluminous supernova lit up previously ejected material. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Peeling back the layers on Eta Carinae, the galaxy's most terrifying star Eta Car is a monster, surrounded by the debris of violent eruptions. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
A thousand-light-year-wide bubble around the Sun was blown by the ghosts of long-dead stars Local Bubble carved by supernova beginning 14 million years ago. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Monstrous red giant caught moments before going supernova Some stars may go gently into that good night, but some...don’t. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
How do the dying gasps of stars breathe life into Earth? Supernovas give us life, and it's no oxymoron. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
At year's end, a spectacular spiral galaxy reminder that science improves upon itself NGC 691 and the search for understanding in the Universe. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Superpowers in space: super-radiation is the force behind powerful galactic superwinds Galactic superwinds that were thought to come from supernovas are actually driven by UV radiation. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Hubble portrait of a galaxy shows it shines in stellar birth and death NGC 4666 is gorgeous, and shows us the circle of stellar life. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
The last days of a massive star before it went supernova Hubble and TESS observations reveal the last few days of a star's life. By Phil Plait 2 years ago